KJV dictionary & concordance
1. Perverse or turned aside from what is right. 2. Contrary or opposed in conduct or response.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 32:20
Complete exact-word concordance
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their ende shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
With the pure thou wilt shew thy selfe pure: and with the froward, thou wilt shew thy selfe vnsauoury.
1611 marginal noteOr, wrestle. ps. 18.27.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
He taketh the wise in their owne craftinesse: and the counsell of the froward is caried headlong.
1611 marginal note1.Cor. 3.19.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
With the pure thou wilt shewe thy selfe pure, and with the froward thou wilt shew thy selfe froward.
1611 marginal noteOr, wrestle.
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
A froward heart shall depart from me, I will not knowe a wicked person.
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
To deliuer thee from the way of the euill man, from the man that speaketh froward things.
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Whose wayes are crooked, and they froward in their pathes.
For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
1611 marginal notePsal.25.13.
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and peruerse lips put farre from thee.
1611 marginal noteHeb. frowardnesse of mouth and peruersnes of lips.
¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
¶ A naughtie person, a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.
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